Strange Tales of the Ghosts

Amidst the beating of gongs and drums, Lazy San's family was having a happy event. To put it bluntly, I either found it comforting or ironic. People's ability to accept reality is really too low, so they had to find various excuses to comfort themselves, such as The death of a person is obviously a sad thing, but should it be called a happy event? Where does joy come from? There is a more Zen statement. Buddhism says that when people are alive, they come to the world to suffer, go through all kinds of emotional tribulations, and then have sudden enlightenment, escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and reach bliss early. Therefore, the death of the old man can be seen as him looking for a better way to live.

Lazy Sanniang didn't think so. Although she rarely thought about this problem, she didn't believe that there would be anything after death. Therefore, she felt an indescribable sadness, not because she was so hot after being slapped by her brother. It hurt, the kind of pain that was so deep in her heart that she couldn't cry, or she was still too lazy to cry. After turning around silently, Lazy Sanniang left the house without anyone noticing. She walked aimlessly alone, looking at the village and the animals. They were all unfamiliar sights. In the past ten or twenty years, she had hardly bothered to leave her house. , I have never had a good look at this place.

It was Daniel who was the first to notice that Lazy Sanniang was missing. After handing over the matters in his hands to others, he chased her out, sweating profusely.

"Sanniang, where are you going?"

"I don't know." Lazy Sanniang replied coldly, her eyes dull.

Daniel wiped his sweat with his hands and smiled: "Sanniang, don't run out on this hot day. You may get heatstroke. Let's go back."

"I don't want to go back."

"Look... today is the day for uncle to go to another world. Let's not cause trouble to the family and go back, okay?" Daniel pleaded.

Lazy Sanniang still shook her head and whispered: "I won't go back."

"Sanniang..."

"Da Niu..." This is the first time Lazy Sanniang calls Dan Niu. It can also be said that this is the first time Lazy Sanniang has looked directly at Da Niu. She doesn't know what hard work is, so she only hears it from other people's mouths. However, it was because I didn’t have it, but Daniel had it, so he asked: “Am I lazy?”

"..." Daniel opened his mouth and hurriedly picked up something nice to say: "How come, you are not lazy at all." If this sentence comes from other people's mouths, it may mean that this person is not sincere, but , but Daniel had another meaning when he said this. The stupidity of liking someone and not caring about all the other person's shortcomings may only be found in honest people like Daniel.

Lazy Sanniang shook her head and walked forward, minding her own business, and walked to a jujube tree. The leaves of the jujube tree were wilted in the sun and she had no energy, just like Lazy Sanniang. Seeing that Lazy Sanniang had no intention of stopping, Daniel could not persuade her. He thought that Lazy Sanniang was just in a bad mood and might go back after a while, so he went back to Lazy Sanniang's house alone to help with the funeral arrangements. .

Lazy Sanniang didn't care so much. Her ears were always ringing with the sound of suona and drums at home, as well as the crying of her family members. Lazy Sanniang felt that they all looked very sad, sad as she had never seen before, or It was the first time she understood what sadness was, but she still didn't understand why she was so lazy, why she was too lazy to be so annoying. The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. Lazy Sanniang walked to a well at the edge of the village. That well was the well that the villagers depended on for their livelihood. Everyone usually fetched water there, and one well fed the whole village. It's strange to say that this well is actually warm in winter and cool in summer. In winter, the sailors who hit the well can feel the warmth when touching it. In summer, standing by the well can feel the cool air. When the cool air blows on your face, , Lazy Sanniang suddenly had an idea...